Bidens aurea

Bidens aurea , the Arizona beggarticks,[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico and found also in Arizona and Guatemala.[4][5][6][7] The species is also naturalized in parts of Europe and South America.[8][9]

Bidens aurea
from naturalized population in Chile

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. aurea
Binomial name
Bidens aurea
(Aiton) Sherff
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Bidens arguta Kunth
  • Bidens decolorata Kunth
  • Bidens heterophylla Ortega
  • Bidens longifolia DC.
  • Bidens luxurians Willd.
  • Bidens tetragona (Cerv.) DC.
  • Bidens warszewicziana Regel
  • Coreopsis aurea Dryand. ex Aiton
  • Coreopsis coronata Walter 1788 not L. 1763
  • Coreopsis ferulifolia Jacq.
  • Coreopsis lucida Cav.
  • Coreopsis luxurians (Willd.) P. Pell.
  • Coreopsis nitida Cav.
  • Coreopsis nitida Hort.
  • Coreopsis tetragona Cerv. ex La Llave & Lex.
  • Diodonta aurea (Dryand. ex Aiton) Nutt.
  • Diodonta leptophylla Nutt.

Bidens aurea is an annual herb occasionally reaching a height of 250 cm (100 inches). It produces numerous yellow or whitish flower heads containing both disc florets and ray florets. It grows primarily in wet areas such as marshes and streambanks.[10]

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. The Plant List, Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bidens aurea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. Nash, D. L. 1976. Tribe V, Heliantheae. En: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana: Botany 24(12): 181–361, 503–570
  5. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  6. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  7. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  8. Altervista Flora Italiana, Forbicina dorata, Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff
  9. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
  10. Flora of North America, Bidens amplissima Greene, Pittonia. 4: 268. 1901.

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